Coffin-platform



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Patented Jan. 18, 1887.

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SETH BAKER, OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.

COF?IN-PLATFORIVI'.

QPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,237, dated January 18, 1887.

Application filed September 29, 1886. Serial No. 214,865.

To aZZ whom it may cancer-n:

Be it known that 1, SETH BAKER, of Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, have invented a new and Improved Coffin-Platform, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention'relates to animprovement in that class of platform which is illustrated, described, and claimed in Letters Patent No. 349,421, granted to me on the 21st day of September, A. D. 1886. v

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,formin g a part of this specificatiomin which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding partsin all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved form of platform. Fig. 2 is a central sectional viewof a portion of the platform. Fig. 3 is acrosssectional view of the same. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the platform as it appears when partially folded, and Fig. 5 is a side view of the completely folded frame of the platform.

In the drawings, and 11 represent two parallel side bars that are connected at or near either end by crossbars 12 and 13, said crossbars being connected to the side-bars by hinges 14 and 15, the hinges 14 being arranged in connection with the side bar 10, and upon the sides of the cross-bars 12 and 13, thatfare toward the foot of the platform, which foot is markedA in the drawings,while thehinges 15 connect the cross-bars to the side bar 11, and are arranged upon the sides of the cross-bars that .are toward the head of the frame, the idea of this novel arrangement of the hinges being to permit of the folding of the frame to the position in which it is shown in Fig. 4. The side bars are formed of two sections, 2 and 3, said sections being united by hinges 16, the sections being so proportioned that when the frame is moved to the position shown in Fig. at the two lines of separation will be in line-that is, opposite to each other-which arrangement permits of the folding of the frame so that the end marked B may be folded beneath the end marked A, as shown in Fig. 5.

When the parts have been moved to the position in which they are shown in Fig. 1, the frame is prevented from collapsing by bracehooks 18, which. hooks are secured to eyes 4, that are carried by the sections 2 of the side bars, 10 and 11, and arranged to engage with (N0 mdel.)

eyes 5, that are carried by the cross-bars 12 and 13. The end bar,13, carries a permanentlymounte'd roller, 17, and just beyond this roller there is a cross-rod, 19, that is carried by anare a number of recesses, in which there may.

be mounted posts orstandards 25, which serve to hold bars 26, upon which curtains or other form of drapery, 27, may be hung, the rods or bars 26 passing through apertures 9, that are formed in the posts or standards 25. The upper ends of the posts may be formed to receive flowers, as indicated in Fig. 2, or they may receive vertical hollow posts 29, which posts may serve as the supports for a curved cross-bar, 28, which in turn may serve as a support for an awning in case of rain.

Each of the side bars carries-two legs, 30, the said legs being pivotally connected to points near eacheud of the side bars, and all of the legs are provided with steps 31, which, after the legs have been moved to a position just past the-center, will abut against the under faces of the cross-bars and prevent any further movement of the legs. r

In operation, the frame is placed overthe open grave, the foot of the casket is placed upon theroller 17 and pushed inward until it rests upon the truck 21, after which it is shoved forward until the head of the casket is supported by the rod 19. While in this position the necessary lowering straps or loops are applied, the casket is slightly raised, the rod 19 is freed from engagement with the eye or Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with side bars formed 5 in sections that are united by hinges, of crossbars that are hinged at each end to the side bars, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a folding frame provided with tracks or ways, of a truck ar- IO ranged to be mounted upon the said ways, substantially as shown and described.

' 3. The combination, wit-l1 a folding frame having a permanently-mouuted roller, and formed with tracks or ways, of a removable I 5 truck arranged to be mounted on said ways,

substantially as described.

4. The combination, with a frame formed or provided with ways, of a roller that is journaled at one end of the frame, as and for the purpose specified. Y

5; The combination, with two side bars formed of sections 2 and 3, that are united by hinges 16, of cross-bars 12 and 13, connected to the side bars by hinges 14 and 15, a roller carried by one of the cross-bars, hooks 18, a cross-rod, 19, and ways 20, substantially as de scribed.

6. The combination, with two side bars that are eaeh forn1ed of a long and short section, the sections of each side bar being united by a hinge, of cross-bars that are hinged at each end to the side bars, substantially as described.

SETH BAKER.

Witnesses:

HENRY H. BAKER, ELIZA L. Rosa. 

